Transumptive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Transumptive is an adjective meaning Metaphorical.
Meaning
Metaphorical.
Example Sentences
fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive [translating Dante's Latin transumptivus], and withal definitive
Meander is a riuer in Lycia, a prouince of Natolia, or Aſia minor, famous for the ſinuoſitie & often turning thereof, riſing from certaine hills in Mæonia[;] heerevpon are intricate turnings by a tranſumptiue & metonimicall kind of ſpeech, called Meanders, for this Riuer did ſo ſtrangely path it ſelfe, that the foote ſeemed to touch the head.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hypermetaphorical, multimetaphorical, metaphrased, figurative, typical, circumambulatory.
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